Jōhana_Line
The Jōhana Line (城端線, Jōhana-sen) is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It connects Takaoka with Johana.
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| Jōhana Line | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Local train running on the Jōhana Line in May 2022 | |||
| Overview | |||
| Status | In operation | ||
| Owner | JR West | ||
| Locale | Toyama Prefecture | ||
| Termini | |||
| Stations | 14 | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Regional rail | ||
| Operator(s) | JR West | ||
| Rolling stock | KiHa 40 series DMU | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1897; 127 years ago (1897) | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 29.9 km (18.6 mi) | ||
| Number of tracks | Entire line single tracked | ||
| Character | Rural | ||
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||
| Electrification | None | ||
| Operating speed | 85 km/h (53 mph) | ||
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- Operating Company: West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks)
- Distance: 29.9 km (18.6 mi)
- Track gauge: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
- Stations: 14
- Double-track: None
- Electrification: Not electrified
- Railway signalling: Special automatic occlusive (track circuit detection type)
| Name | Japanese | Between (km) |
Distance (km)[1] |
Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takaoka | 高岡 | - | 0.0 | Himi Line, Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, Manyosen | Takaoka | Toyama |
| Shin-Takaoka | 新高岡 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Hokuriku Shinkansen | ||
| Futatsuka | 二塚 | 1.5 | 3.3 | |||
| Hayashi | 林 | 1.3 | 4.6 | |||
| Toide | 戸出 | 2.7 | 7.3 | |||
| Aburaden | 油田 | 3.4 | 10.7 | Tonami | ||
| Tonami | 砺波 | 2.6 | 13.3 | |||
| Higashi-Nojiri | 東野尻 | 5.2 | 15.5 | |||
| Takagi | 高儀 | 1.5 | 17.0 | Nanto | ||
| Fukuno | 福野 | 2.4 | 19.4 | |||
| Higashi-Ishiguro | 東石黒 | 2.6 | 22.0 | |||
| Fukumitsu | 福光 | 2.7 | 24.7 | |||
| Etchū-Yamada | 越中山田 | 2.8 | 27.5 | |||
| Jōhana | 城端 | 2.4 | 29.9 | |||
The line was opened in 1897[citation needed] by the Chūetsu Railway (中越鉄道) as the Chūetsu Line (中越線) between Fushiki (on the present-day Himi Line) and Jōhana via Takaoka.[2] The line was nationalised on 1 September 1920.[2] The Chūetsu Line was renamed the Jōhana Line from 1 August 1942 following the incorporation of the Fushiki to Takaoka section into the Himi Line.[2]
CTC signalling was commissioned over the entire line in 1983.[citation needed]
From 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, the Jōhana Line came under the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[2]
On 14 March 2015, Shin-Takaoka station opened on the line to coincide with the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kanazawa Station.[3]
Former connecting lines
- Fukuno Station: The Tonami Railway opened a 7 km line to Tsuzawa in 1915, including a connection to the Hokuriku Main Line at Isurugi. The company merged with the Kaetsu Railway in 1919, which extended the line 13 km to Shogawa-Cho in 1922. The entire line was closed on 16 September 1972.[4]
- JTB Timetable March 2015 issue p. 495
- Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. I. Japan: JTB. p. 92. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- "ダイヤ改正 城端線始発砺波から" [A change in timetable, starting from Tonami Station on the Jōhana Line]. Yomiuri Shimbun. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- Johanna and Himi Line information (in Japanese)